There's a prevailing thought among some Caps fans and observers that Braden Holtby, despite his tremendous talent and successes so far in his still-young career, is a bit of a slow starter - while he's light's out in the spring, he's lit up in the fall. Certainly that was the case last season, as Holtby limped into November and sported an .891 save percentage through his first nine starts. As we noted a week after Halloween with the team struggling to win games, "[t]he good news is that the Caps' defense appears to truly be solid; the bad news is that the goaltending has been abysmal.
Braden Holtby: Slow Starter?
